New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-14
SUPPLEMENT.
PAGES 9 TO ~.
THE NAVAL REVIEW
WHAT POKlsS spFoRE THE QUEEN CAME


~ ,ravs of seeing the NaNai
incio - ,rv;nc 10 see it; really 10 see IL
KeVlew VI ond that was from on board one
'nel, s,ins that accompanied the Queen Inc
VI ~. that lined the shores of the Soeho ;" "
H. inc. those on we'll placed ships ana 9"0",
,i.,o ,,oro. those in the procession all In'io 0
no coon The most unlucky spectator oche'U nv
.han no can describe. Good fortune " :,
blindness of a friend gave me pi"oo y" w..
ue,icon which followed in the prooc9sio
of,.r the Admiralty yacht. The party Vi VIM
= ,,os ono left London at half past oa'uiu'S
,ornino reached Portsmouth at nooh' elh""
n, once. disembarked at half past IN 'hc
inc got back TO London at O'CLOCK Sum" -,
,nornino In the interval we had wlthesseu Oi'
greatest naval spectacle the "oriu nos ooI
II would be easy enough to fill hail u ooN'n W,
umps with the experiences OF the u"s .-ioo
EASY TO select out of the mass vi on' ..io,oo
and impressions the few that uis"n' - ,,
may he supposed TO care ABOUT "o -
-, Tho GOLDEN rule of writing about VIVA. ih'ei
osted the writer and that briefly, OF ho' o'i'"''
as chance shall ordaln
soft fresh breeze greeted us as we slipped OUT
% the train and on the pier; the sun shohe
hrchtly on bright faces. Right opposite IN INV
dock lay perhaps the most famous snip III u"
,,orh the Victory If we had time we m'gh' 20
nm hoard and they wOuld show us the very spo'
where Nelson fell. But there is no time' SO we
marched swiftly across the mug Hu
phrates, the Lords ship ior o-uas'
and ON board the smart niue Heh-
con. which | make out to be dispatch Doa''
T. was in this hurried movement that beheh Mr..
Murat Haistead, of Cincinnati, IN the novel, ho'
,o saw startling. character of a British peer
Gin6lv face not less
ruddy. his hair and mustache little winter
,hap when I last saw him; as good a nobleman
as the best of them, for he is one of nature s. IL
I dared say how it was that the great ONO jour
palist became thus transformed into pillar OF
The throne and an ornament to the English aris-
tocracy. my tale would be more surprising sun
But dare not And after all ticket lor uhe
Euphrates is not precisely patent OF noblhty
The deck of the IIelcon is study in nation
slities. The flower of European land American
diplomacy is here, with exceptions. The tall
figure and shrewd, pleasant face OF the German
Ambassador is missed the AustI o-Hungarlan
Ambassador is on the Continent; many MINOR
ENJOYS are elsewhere than at portsmouth, Du'
the Turk is visible in the slender person OF kuste
Pacha, whose wrinkled face looks out astutely
from beneath the inevitable fez. lie Is not
Turk he is an Armenian, but he does the WORK
Of the Turk. The Ambassador Of France, NJ.
Washington and Madame Washington, are on the
upper deck You would never guess him 10 he
French; he has the appearance and bearing oil
an English country gentleman of the best type I;
the very cut OF his whiskers is English, ana Us
for his speech, it is just as fluent In one tongue
ms the other, and you in New-York would bc sure
70 remark that he had an English accent. You
might lie in doubt atout his blrth-hc is nan
English as his wife is all American-but you
would be in no doubt that he is parsonage has
played and is still playing great part with great
abilities Count Bylandt, the Netherlands Minis
ter, is not far off talking with that animation
and genial manner which never fail him. The
American Minister and Mrs. Phelps are the centre
Of q group. l hardly ever saw them when they
were not: and Mr. and Mrs. White of another,
and Senator IIawley has been introduced TO
Madame Waddington, and Commander Chadwick,
our naval attache, is deep in discussion about
guns with an officer of the 1eiicon. Governor
NicIanc has come over from Paris to see tb"
review a piece OF energy notable enough IN
Minister no longer young, but youthful IN spirit
and temper Mr. Currie, who represents us In
Spain, makes the third American Plenipotcntiary,
so that the United States are probably III greater
force than any other country. As we have not IL
ship of war in the harbor to fly our iiag, 1t Is
something that should have men capable OF
defending it, if need be- j cannot complete the
catalogue Of the Helicon's passengers. There arc
other Ministers and perhaps a hundred diplo-
matists Of lesser rank. BY and bye the Russian
NJ. de Staal, comes of from the Isle
of Wight where he has been the guest Of the
Duchess of Edinburgh: popular a man as If
Russia and England were the best OF friends.
And there is the Archdukc -, / really forget
his name but he is brother to the Emperor of
and he has the longest and
straightest mustache on the ship and a superior
manner.
With all this and much other human freight
ON board the Helicon steams slowly down the
barber. The Victory is left behind, she and her
two consorts, the ST. Vincent and the Duke OF
Wellington. who lie astcrn and ahead of Nelson's
immortal vessel and serve her kind Of guard
of honor. Not q ship Of the feet outside that
can rival either of these old three-deckers in
pure beauty of line or dignity; not one that is
ever likely TO gather about her ugly hull such a
heritage of human interest and tender and
glorious memories as this chief and central ship
of the three l wondered they did not once more
set the Victory in motion; tow her out if need
be- like the palsicd she is; set her at the
head of these squadrons an inspiration; and
nail to the mast what TO a Briton must be her
holy flag; set every threadbare sail, and find, If
they can an English Holmes capable of chanting
her fame.
Once away from the inner harbor the scene
opens before suddenly and brilliantly The
frat glimpse of the feet is surprise, every fresh
view of it is another. / am sure everybodys
first impression must have been the same. II Is
holiday feet, and the irOnclad squadrons OF right
ing ships are somewhere in the background The
gaycty of the sight, the beauty OF II,
the festive and even fugitive air of the whole
are what astonish us all. There is cry OF
admiration and delight on board. We steam
straight for the eastern end OF the heet the order
@ nd array Of which arc rs yet Lndistinguishable
to us. The monday sun rs above, the bright
blue sky is oloudless, clouds Of little yachts are
hurrying over the emerald waters beneath; an